Assembled golf bag

ABSTRACT

An assembled golf bag includes a bag body having an upper edge and a lower edge to which an upper frame and a base are attached, respectively. The upper frame and the base are each peripherally provided with a plurality of fasteners. Each of the fasteners has a flat turn. The upper edge and the lower edge of the bag body are each peripherally provided with a plurality of slots corresponding to the fasteners of the upper frame and the base so that the upper frame and the base can be detachably attached to bag body using the fasteners and the flat turns.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Technical Field

The present invention relates to bags for holding golf clubs, and moreparticularly to an assembled golf bag.

2. Description of Related Art

A convention golf bag for receiving golf clubs is typically along-shaped bag body having atop an opening. The opening is equippedwith an upper frame, and a base is attached to the lower end of the bagbody. Presently the upper frame and the base are combined with the bagbody by sewing. While this approach is practical, the upper frame andthe base are fixed to the bag body and the entire golf bag cannot bereduced in terms of size for easy transportation and storage. Foraddressing this problem, some have proposed assembled structures thatuse zippers and/or snap-fastener to detachably attach the upper frameand the base to the bag body. However, the known structures are somehowdefective and the base tends to come off when carrying heavy load.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

With the attempt to improve the prior art, the present inventionprovides an assembled golf bag that is easy to assemble/disassemble andwhen assembled is firm and load-bearing because the upper frame/base andthe bag body are combined with high strength.

To this end, the disclosed assembled golf bag comprises a bag body thathas an upper edge, a lower edge, and two vertical edges. The twovertical edges are between the upper edge and the lower edge. The upperedge and the lower edge are peripherally provided with plural slots thatpenetrate the bag body. The assembled golf bag further includes an upperframe that has a circular frame body and is provided with a plurality offasteners at its outer lateral wall. Each of the fasteners has a flatturn configured to pass through a corresponding slot at the upper edgeof the bag body. The assembled golf bag further includes a base havingan inner bottom and a lateral wall circling the inner bottom. Thelateral wall is externally peripherally provided with a plurality offasteners. Each of the fasteners has a flat turn configured to passthrough a corresponding slot at the lower edge of the bag body.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the first embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 3 is a partial, cross-sectional view of the first embodiment of thepresent invention, showing that the upper frame is about to be attachedto the bag body.

FIG. 4 is a partial, cross-sectional view of the first embodiment of thepresent invention, showing that the upper frame is attached to the bagbody.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another aspect of the first embodimentof the present invention, wherein the slots having their major axesparallel to the vertical edges.

FIG. 6 is a partial, cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of thepresent invention, showing that the upper frame is about to be attachedto the bag body.

FIG. 7 is a partial, cross-sectional view of the second embodiment ofthe present invention, showing that the upper frame is attached to thebag body.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Two preferred embodiment will be detailed with reference to theaccompanying draws for further illustrating the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, in the first embodiment of the presentinvention, the disclosed assembled golf bag comprises a bag body (10),an upper frame (20), a base (30), and a plurality of backbones (40).

The bag body (10) may be made of a flexible material such as cloth orplastic sheets. The bag body (10) is long in shape and has an upper edge(11), a lower edge (12), and two vertical edges (13). The two verticaledges (13) are located between the upper edge (11) and the lower edge(12). The bag body (10), when bent to form a tube, having the twovertical edges (13) adjoining each other. The two vertical edges (13)are combined by a zipper (14). When the zipper (14) is unzippered, thetwo vertical edges (13) can be separated. When the zipper (14) iszippered, the two vertical edges (13) are bonded with each other via thezipper (14). Each of the upper edge (11) and the lower edge (12) isperipherally provided with a plurality of slots (15). The slots (15)penetrate the bag body (10) and have their major axes parallel to theupper edge (11) and the lower edge (12), as shown in FIG. 2, or,alternatively, parallel to the two vertical edges (13), as shown in FIG.5.

The upper frame (20) has a circular frame body (21), and has a lateralwall whose outer periphery is provided with a plurality of fasteners(22). Each of the fasteners (22) has a flat turn that is long in shape.When the upper frame (20) is attached to the upper edge (11) of the bagbody, the flat turns of the fasteners (22) can pass through thecorresponding slots (15) at the upper edge of the bag body, and then beturned to get caught by the slots (15) and retained outside the bag body(10) so that the upper frame (20) and the bag body (10) are assembled,as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4. The upper frame (20) is equipped with agrid (23) that divides an area circled by the upper frame (20) intoseveral segments so that clubs placed therein can be arranged in kinds.The upper frame (20) is provided with a plurality of backbone sockets(24).

The base (30) has an inner bottom (31) and a lateral wall (32) circlingthe inner bottom. An outer periphery of the lateral wall (32) isprovided with a plurality of fasteners (33). Each of the fasteners has along-shaped flat turn. The base (30) has a plurality of backbone sockets(34). When the base (30) is attached to the lower edge (12) of the bagbody, the flat turns of the fasteners (33) can pass through thecorresponding slots (15) at the lower edge (12) of the bag body, andthen be turned to get caught by the slots (15) and retained outside thebag body (10) so that the base (30) and the bag body (10) are assembled.

The backbones (40) each have an upper end received in the correspondingbackbone socket (24) of the upper frame and a lower end received in thecorresponding backbone socket (34) of the base (30) so that the upperframe (20) and the base (30) are kept away from each other by a constantdistance. The backbone sockets (24) of the upper frame (20), thebackbone sockets (34) of the base (30), and the backbones (40) arequantitatively identical.

With the configuration as described above, the present invention allowsthe golf bag to be easily assembled/disassembled by operating thefasteners and attaching/detaching the upper frame (20) and the base (30)to/from the bag body (10), for use/convenient and space-saving storageand transportation. In addition, since the bag body (10) is combinedwith the upper frame (20) and base (30) through the flat turns of thefasteners, the combination is firm and the upper frame (20) and the base(30) are unlikely to accidently come off the bag body (10). This ensuresthe golf bag with expected capacity that prevents the golf bag fromfalling apart when carrying heavy golf clubs.

Furthermore, for further strengthening the combination between the bagbody (10) and the upper frame (20)/base (30), in a second embodiment ofthe present invention, each of the slots (15) of the upper edge (11) andthe lower edge (12) of the bag body is equipped with a positioning plate(16), as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7. The positioning plate (16) circlesthe slot (15) so that the turned flat turn of the fastener comes to abutagainst and get retained by the positioning plate (16), as shown in FIG.7. With the positioning plates (16), the bag body (10) is protected fromhaving the cloth near the slots becoming broken, and the combinationbetween the upper frame (20) or the base (30) with the bag body (10) canbe secured.

What is claimed is:
 1. An assembled golf bag, comprising: a bag body,being long in shape and having an upper edge, a lower edge, and twovertical edges, the two vertical edges being located between the upperedge and the lower edge, each of the upper edge and lower edge beingprovided with a plurality of slots, the slots penetrating the bag body;an upper frame, being circular in shape and having a lateral wall whoseouter periphery is provided with a plurality of fasteners, each of thefasteners having a flat turn, and the flat turn of each said fastenerbeing configured to engage with one said slot at the upper edge of thebag body; a base, having an inner bottom and a lateral wall circling theinner bottom, an outer periphery of the lateral wall being provided witha plurality of fasteners, each of the fasteners having a flat turn, andthe flat turn of each said fastener being configured to engage with onesaid slot at the lower edge of the bag body; and a plurality ofbackbones, each having an upper end fixed to the upper frame from belowand a lower fixed to the base from above, so as to separate the upperframe and the base by a predetermined distance.
 2. The assembled golfbag of claim 1, wherein each of the slots has a major axis parallel tothe upper or lower edge.
 3. The assembled golf bag of claim 1, whereinthe each of the slots has a major axis parallel to the two verticaledges.
 4. The assembled golf bag of claim 1, wherein the upper frame isequipped with a grid that divides an area circled by the upper frameinto several segments.
 5. The assembled golf bag of claim 1, wherein theupper frame is provided with a plurality of backbone sockets so thateach of the backbone has the upper end received in one said backbonesocket of the upper frame.
 6. The assembled golf bag of claim 5, whereinthe base is provided with a plurality of backbone sockets so that eachof the backbone has the lower end received in one said backbone socketof the base.
 7. The assembled golf bag of claim 6, wherein the backbonesockets of the upper frame, the backbone sockets of the base, and thebackbones are quantitatively identical.
 8. The assembled golf bag ofclaim 1, wherein each of the slots is peripherally provided with apositioning plate so that the flat turn of the corresponding fastenerafter passing through the slot and being turned to abuts against thepositioning plate.
 9. The assembled golf bag of claim 1, wherein the twovertical edges are combined by a zipper, so that when the zipper isunzippered the two vertical edges are allowed to be separated, and whenthe zipper is zippered the two vertical edges are bonded with eachother.